Job brief: Sr Staff Tech Lead, Machine Learning Engineer, Perception

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• Listed on Waymo's own job board. JoRoute does not take listings from job ads or recruiters.
• First seen by JoRoute 2026-11-04 (3 days ago); last confirmed on the board 2026-11-07.
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What the listing says · Employer's own words, not checked

• Pay: $298,000 to $368,000 a year
• Job type: Not stated
• Where: Mountain View, California, United States, San Francisco, California, United States · Mountain View (US-MTV-EMF680) · San Francisco (US-SFO-MKT555)
• Posted: 2026-09-01 · over 60 days ago

What the job asks · Employer's own words, not checked

Level: Lead / staff. The title says "Staff".

Must have

• 8+ years of industry experience in Machine Learning, AI or Computer Vision.

Conditions

• In this hybrid role, you'll report to a Senior Staff Technical Lead Manager.
• Set the long-term technical roadmap for next-generation multi-modal perception architectures, driving paradigm shifts in multi-task learning, spatial-temporal modeling, and scene …

Main duties

• Set the long-term technical roadmap for next-generation multi-modal perception architectures, driving paradigm shifts in multi-task learning, spatial-tempora…
• Architect unified, scalable representations combining diverse sensor modalities across heterogeneous sensor suites.
• Lead cross-functional initiatives across Perception and Planner and partner with hardware and infrastructure teams to optimize foundational architectures for…
• Mentor ML engineers and foster an engineering culture of rapid prototyping and rigorous benchmarking.
• BS or MS in Computer Science, Robotics, Machine Learning, or equivalent practical experience.

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How it compares · Compared by JoRoute from listings

• Typical listed pay for engineer jobs in San Francisco, CA: $193k a year (682 listings, 42 employers). This listing is 73% higher.
• Across Waymo's 317 open listings, 51% of those with a posting date were first posted more than 60 days ago. How Waymo hires

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